Publications

* / † indicates co-first / co-senior authorship.

Preprints

Genetic dose-response modelling predicts drug mechanisms, dosing, and adverse events

Luca Stefanucci, Daniel Considine, Ziying Ke, Joel Hellewell, Olivier Bakker, Marta P. Alcantara, Blagoje Soskic, Krista Freimann, Michael C. Turchin, Emily R. Holzinger, Joshua Chiou, Nikolina Nakic, Halit Ongen, Anna Lorenc, Maya Ghoussaini, Annalisa Buniello, Ian Dunham, Ellen M. McDonagh, Joseph C. Maranville, John A. Lees, Kaur Alasoo, David Ochoa, Yakov Tsepilov, Gosia Trynka

medRxiv · 2026.07.04.26357214 · 2026

VIDRA models genetic dose-response relationships across common and rare variants to prioritise drug targets, direction of modulation, and biomarkers for thousands of gene-phenotype pairs.

Division state reveals hidden genetic regulation during T cell activation and identifies immune disease–linked gene programmes

Megan Gozzard, Kyuto Sonehara, Kevin Ly, Tarran Rupall, Ziying Ke, Ximena Ibarra-Soria, Mohammad Lotfollahi, Blagoje Soskic, Carla P. Jones, Olivier B. Bakker, Gosia Trynka

bioRxiv · 2026.02.22.707277 · 2026

Division-resolved single-cell transcriptomics of activated T cells introduces CellDivider, a model that infers proliferative state, and shows immune-disease risk converges on early activation and differentiation rather than proliferative capacity itself.

Multiplexed high-content imaging uncovers morphological diversity of lymphocyte activation and dysfunction

Julie C. Matte, Olivier B. Bakker, Madeline A. Ohl, Francesco Cisternino, Andrea J. Manrique-Rincón, Anke Husmann, Florence Lichou, Tong Li, Kwasi Kwakwa, Anneliese O. Speak, Craig A. Glastonbury, Omer Bayraktar, Carla P. Jones, Melina Claussnitzer, Gosia Trynka

bioRxiv · 2026.02.10.704860 · 2026

TGlow combines multiplexed imaging and open-source analysis to profile lymphocyte morphology, activation, perturbation responses, and dysfunction at single-cell scale.

Integrated QTL mapping and CRISPR screening in pooled iPSC-derived microglia reveals genetic drivers of neurodegenerative risk

Marta Perez-Alcantara, Sam Washer, Yixi Chen, Juliette Steer, Daianna Gonzalez-Padilla, Joe McWilliam, David Willé, Nikos Panousis, Peep Kolberg, Elena Navarro Guerrero, Kaur Alasoo, Hazel Hall-Roberts, Julie Williams, Sally A. Cowley, Gosia Trynka, Andrew Bassett

bioRxiv · 2025.08.18.670767 · 2025

Pooled iPSC-derived microglia combining eQTL mapping with CRISPR screening link neurodegenerative risk genes, including LRRK2 and TREM2, to phagocytosis and other microglial phenotypes.

2022

Immune disease risk variants regulate gene expression dynamics during CD4+ T cell activation

Blagoje Soskic, Kiki Cano-Gamez, Deborah J. Smyth, Kirsty Ambridge, Ziying Ke, Julie C. Matte, Lara Bossini-Castillo, Joanna Kaplanis, Lucia Ramirez-Navarro, Anna Lorenc, Nikolina Nakic, Jorge Esparza-Gordillo, Wendy Rowan, David Wille, David F. Tough, Paola G. Bronson, Gosia Trynka

Nature Genetics · 54(6): 817–826 · 2022

Single-cell profiling across CD4+ T-cell activation maps dynamic genetic effects on expression and connects immune-disease variants to context-dependent regulation.

Immune disease variants modulate gene expression in regulatory CD4+ T cells

Lara Bossini-Castillo, Dafni A. Glinos, Natalia Kunowska, Gosia Golda, Abigail A. Lamikanra, Michaela Spitzer, Blagoje Soskic, Eddie Cano-Gamez, Deborah J. Smyth, Claire Cattermole, Kaur Alasoo, Alice Mann, Kousik Kundu, Anna Lorenc, Nicole Soranzo, Ian Dunham, David J. Roberts, Gosia Trynka

Cell Genomics · 2(4): 100117 · 2022

Genetic effects on regulatory T-cell expression and chromatin connect immune-disease loci to Treg mechanisms and candidate therapeutic targets.

2020

2019

Chromatin activity at GWAS loci identifies T cell states driving complex immune diseases

Blagoje Soskic, Kiki Cano-Gamez, Deborah J. Smyth, Wendy C. Rowan, Nikolina Nakic, Jorge Esparza-Gordillo, Lara Bossini-Castillo, David F. Tough, Christopher G. C. Larminie, Paola G. Bronson, David Wille, Gosia Trynka

Nature Genetics · 51(10): 1486–1493 · 2019

Chromatin profiling across stimulated T cells and macrophages identifies the immune-cell states in which disease-associated variants are most active.